Hardened (+H) 1.5522 Steel
EN 1.5522 +H steel is EN 1.5522 steel in the hardened (H) condition. It has the highest strength compared to the other variants of EN 1.5522 steel. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare EN 1.5522 +H steel to: EN wrought alloy steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 27 x 106 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.29
Rockwell C Hardness
46
Shear Modulus
73 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
1490 MPa 220 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
250 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
400 °C 750 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1460 °C 2660 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1420 °C 2590 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
51 W/m-K 30 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
13 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
7.1 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
8.1 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
1.9 % relative
Density
7.8 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
1.4 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
19 MJ/kg 8.0 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
47 L/kg 5.6 gal/lb
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
45 to 250 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
250 to 720 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
13 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
53 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
37 points
Thermal Diffusivity
14 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
44 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 98 to 98.9 | |
| Mn | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| C | 0.2 to 0.24 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.3 | |
| Cu | 0 to 0.25 | |
| P | 0 to 0.025 | |
| S | 0 to 0.025 | |
| B | 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
Boron in Steel, S. K. Banerji and J. E. Morral (editors), 1980
EN 10263-3: Steel rod, bars and wire for cold heading and cold extrusion - Part 3: Technical delivery conditions for case hardening steels
Manufacture and Uses of Alloy Steels, Henry D. Hibbard, 2005
Ferrous Materials: Steel and Cast Iron, Hans Berns and Werner Theisen, 2008
Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance, 2nd ed., George Krauss, 2015